MIDEAST ISRAEL SHARON

** FILE ** In this picture provided by the Israeli Defense Ministry, current Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, center, with a head wound, is seen with Moshe Dayan on the western side of the Suez Canal in October 1973. Sharon was rushed to the operating room, Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, after a brain scan detected further bleeding and increasing pressure. Sharon suffered a massive stroke with widespread bleeding in his brain Wednesday, and Friday’s surgery was his second in two days. (AP Photo/Defense Ministry, file) ** ISRAEL OUT: **